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Nico di Angelo | Percy Jackson (sonofhades) wrote in madisonvalley,
@ 2018-04-15 00:33:00

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!closed, !log, ~2018 april, ~25 points, ~~elena alvarez (handymaam), ~~~~nico di angelo (sonofhades)

WHO: Nico di Angelo and Elena Alvarez
WHAT: Being annoyed
WHEN: Sunday
WHERE: By the fountain
WARNINGS: TBD
STATUS: Closed/Ongoing

Whatever that feeling was that had started at the beginning of the week, it hadn't gone away. It was always in the back of Nico's mind, an annoying little buzz that he couldn't get rid of, no matter what he did. The world of the dead was out of balance and something wanted him to fix it, even though that something wasn't being clear about what exactly he was supposed to do. Or what exactly was out of balance.

It had gotten to the point where he wasn't sleeping. He was barely eating. He had dark circles under his eyes which made him look more spectral than he usually did. And, as a result of all of that, he was also testier than usual.

Right now he was sitting on a bench by the fountain, drinking a triple espresso. Yeah, yeah, he was just a kid, but he really didn't care at the moment. His next stop was the graveyard, where he'd been many times already, but it seemed like a good place to keep going back to.

He saw movement nearby and raised his head, locking his dark, sunken, and annoyed eyes on the innocent person coming down the street towards him. He didn't say anything, just glared in a way that said he was annoyed because she didn't happen to be the solution to all of his problems.

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handymaam
2018-04-15 02:59 pm UTC (link)

Two weeks and Elena wasn't feeling any more settled here than the night she first arrived. Rosa was nice and she appreciated having a place to stay with a fellow LGBT Latinx woman, but she missed her family and Syd. And despite seeming normal on the surface, this town was a little too weird, even for someone who loved science fiction.

She was out doing some shopping for school supplies. It might seem silly to start when there were less than two months left, but at least going to classes and doing homework were something normal.

When she walked past a boy who seemed to be around her age glaring at her, she tensed. It wasn't like she was used to being popular or anything. "What?" she asked, glancing down at herself to make sure she didn't have an embarrassing stain or something.

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sonofhades
2018-04-15 05:17 pm UTC (link)

Nico didn't stop glaring, although he did look down. He hadn't really meant to glare at her but it wasn't like he was really bent out of shape that he'd done it. He was in a bad mood and the sort of bad mood that made him wish that everyone else was in a bad mood too.

"Nothing," he said, clearly annoyed. "You're not the reason the world of the dead is out of balance so you can just go now and leave me alone."

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	handymaam 2018-04-15 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	Elena was hardly the most social person in the world and normally she would have just kept walking, but his words piqued her curiosity and she stopped just past him, turning with a confused look. "What do you mean the world of the dead is out of balance?" she asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sonofhades 2018-04-15 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	"I mean the world of the dead is out of balance," he said, rolling his eyes. He'd stated it clearly the first time, and on purpose. What was so hard to understand? "It started earlier in the week. Some creature of death is out of balance with the rest of the Underworld and I can't find it and it's driving me crazy." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	handymaam 2018-04-15 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	"But how do you know?" Elena asked. Everything about this place was weird and simultaneously kind of fascinating and terrifying. It probably wasn't the best idea to ask questions of someone who was claiming to be in tune with the world of the dead, but it wasn't like she could un-ask. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sonofhades 2018-04-15 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Because I can feel it," Nico said simply. "My dad's Hades, Greek god of the dead. I have like...death powers." He wasn't going to tell her right now what all of those were, unless she asked, but he thought that made it pretty clear. "And it's off balance and it's bugging me and driving me nuts and I can't sleep or anything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	handymaam 2018-04-15 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	There was a good chance Elena was never going to get used to this place and hearing things like 'my dad is Hades'. "So, are there other people in town who have death powers?" she asked. "I mean, I'm guessing your dad isn't around or you could just ask him what's going on." Maybe. She had no idea how things worked with Greek gods. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sonofhades 2018-04-15 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. I mean, Jaime's a necromancer. And there are deathy creatures, too," he said, since he didn't know what else to call them. "You know, like vampires and Valkyries and banshees and stuff. I can feel all of them." He shook his head. "And no, my dad isn't here. And I can't figure out what's messed up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	handymaam 2018-04-15 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Elena nodded, considering that. "Well, have you tried asking all of those people if the know what's going on?" It was probably a stupid question, but it seemed like a good place to start. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sonofhades 2018-04-15 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I have," he said, remembering his conversation with Mitchell which hadn't exactly gone well. "They don't really like me, I don't think. Partially because they know in the back of their minds that I can control them if I want to." And sometimes he did want to. It was just the kind of kid he was. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	handymaam 2018-04-15 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	That sounded like a good reason not to really like someone to Elena. She wasn't going to say that though. "So no one is telling you anything," she said. "Is there any other way to figure out what's happening?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sonofhades 2018-04-15 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't know," he said. "I've been trying to figure it out but I can't. It's frustrating." He shook his head. "Whatever, though. You don't have to listen to me complain." He wasn't the most social person in the world and telling stuff to people he didn't know was weird. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	handymaam 2018-04-15 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	Elena shrugged. "I'd offer to help, but I don't really know anything about that kind of stuff. I mean, other than what I've read in books and seen in TV shows and movies." And she had a feeling those things weren't terribly accurate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sonofhades 2018-04-15 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, whatever," he said, waving her aside. He didn't expect her to be useful. Nobody ever was. "I'm going to go to the graveyard," he said finally, standing. "You can follow me if you want." But that didn't really sound like an invitation, and he didn't expect her to take him up on it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	handymaam 2018-04-15 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	"I should probably get home with my stuff," Elena said, holding up her shopping bags. She wasn't keen on the idea of following the kid who could control dead creatures to the graveyard. "But if you need help researching stuff online or whatever later, you can message me. I'm Elena Alvarez." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sonofhades 2018-04-15 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, okay, sure," he said. He wasn't feeling very social, but at least he was managing not to be horribly rude. "I'm Nico di Angelo. And yeah...if I need you I'll message." With that, he stood up, gathered his stuff, and headed in the direction of the graveyard. [OOC: And wrap!] (Reply to this) (Parent)